Dish cover



July 24, -1951 L SEmMAN 256mg@ DISH COVER Filed July 4, 1945 Patented July 24, 1951 Z,5tl,889

UNITED sTArE-srTENT OFFICE Application July 4, 1945, seislNdsoaiz In Palestine J ll'ly 17, 1944 41"(2l'ailrl. (Cl. 657716) This invention relates to dish covers and has as its object to provid-e a cover for dishes, plates, platters, saucers and similar table ware (in the following, the term dish is meant to comprise all these vessels) for protecting meals and foodstuffs against flies, ants and other vermin.

There exist dish covers for the purpose aforesaid which consist of gauze iixed to a Wire skeleton, collapsible or otherwise, and can be put on the table over a dish. They have the drawback that, being very light, they are easily moved by an even slight air-draft and lifted from the dish or even worse, dipped into the latter. Moreover, their edges never rest so closely on the table as really to prevent insects from entering from below.

The dish cover according to the present invention avoids these drawbacks. It consists in a ring or frame having the outline of the dish to be covered and being adapted to be detachably secured to the edge of the latter, and a hood of paper, wire-stiiened gauze or the like xed to said ring or frame. The cover may be either rigid or collapsible.

The invention is illustrated, by way of example only. in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a soup-plate with cover according to this invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the ring of the cover according to Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows in perspective view on a larger scale a detail of the cover aforesaid;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a dierent ring;

Fig. 5 is an axial vertical section of another dish cover;

Fig. 6 is a perspective of yet another dish cover.

The dish cover according to Figs. l to 3 possesses a rigid ring I composed of two halves interconnected by horizontal hinges 2. Fixed hooks 3 are provided on the underside of one hall` of the ring, and a pivoting hook 4 on the underside of the other half of the ring. These hooks can bev slid over the edge of the dish. When the cover is to be set upon or removed from the dish, the pivoting hook is turned sidewards, as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 1 shows the hook 4 in engaging position. The right half of the ring can be swung about the hinges in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1 and be folded onthe other half. The hood comprises a skeleton of four stirrupshaped wires 5 having at theirends ears 6 with which they are turningly set upon the projecting inner ends of the axles l of the hinges 2. A piece of gauze is iixed to the ring and stretched over the wires. When the cover is collapsed, the wires and gauze are folded between the two halves of l the ring.

The size of the ring is, of course, invariable. Therefore, a complete set of such covers will have to be provided where it is desired to cover each single dish, plate and platter of a table set.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, the hood, which has not been shown, is

not collapsible. The ring 8 consists of two halves pivotally interconnected at one end by a vertical hinge 9 while their opposite ends have interlocking fingers Ii). The ring can be opened by disengaging the iingers I0, and be spread just for so much that the ring can pass over the edge of the dish. As means for securing the ring to the dish, hooks like those shown in Fig. 1 may serve. Alternatively, the ring may have, for example, an inwardly turned channel or U-prolle, so that the whole ring engages the edge. The skeleton wires are xed in holes I I provided in the ring. Owing to a certain springiness which the wires possess, the skeleton admits of the slight deformation occurring when the two halves of the ring are spread for being set on or removed from the dish.

In both cases aforesaid, the ring may be made from any suitable rigid material, such as metal, moulded plastics or the like.

In contrast thereto, Fig. 5 shows an embodiment wherein the ring I2 is made from rubber f with a channel prole and can be slipped over the edge of the dish. The skeleton is not collapsible.

Fig. 6 illustrates an oblong rectangular cover destined for correspondingly shaped platters. The frame I4 is made from a rigid material and its sides can not be taken asunder. 'I'he wires I5 are secured to the frame. As engaging means, a Xed hook I 6 and a pivoting hook I'I are provided on opposite sides of the frame.

The invention can be modied in many respects. Thus, for example, the hood may be made from wrinkled paper, in the manner of Chinese lanterns, in which case no wire skeleton is required. The form of the ring may be adapted to any particular shape of dishes. The ring may consist of several rigid parts interconnected by flexible portions, such as bands or strips of canvas or rubber, or where it is made from interarticulated rigid parts, more than two such parts may be provided. Where the ring consists of an elastic material, any suitable material other than rubber may be used, e. g. an elastic woven or knitted textile band.

I claim:

A dish cover comprising a collapsible base frame including two at semi-circular strips of equal size made from a rigid material, two hinges including horizontal hinge pins interconnecting said strips at their ends to enable the strips to be folded one upon the other, each pin having one end laterally projecting from said strips, three disengaging hooks immovably fixed to one of said strips respectively at either end and in the middle thereof, one dish-engaging hook pivotally mounted on the other strip in central position thereof so as to diametrically face the middle hook of the other strip in the opened position of the base frame, a hood including a plurality of arcuate Wire ribs provided at their ends with ears fitted on said projecting hinge pin ends, and a sheet of pliable material stretched over said ribs.

JEANNE SEIDMAN,

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